Prescriptions

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

O thoughtless Galatians, who did bewitch you, not to obey the truth--before whose eyes Jesus Christ was described before among you crucified? — read the full passage →

Followers of me become ye, as I also <FI>am<Fi> of Christ. — read the full passage →

knowing that Christ, having been raised up out of the dead, doth no more die, death over him hath no more lordship;

and the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and remind you of all things that I said to you.

And on the eve of the sabbaths, at the dawn, toward the first of the sabbaths, came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre, — read the full passage →

Therefore the Lord Himself giveth to you a sign, Lo, the Virgin is conceiving, And is bringing forth a son, And hath called his name Immanuel,

and they read in the book, in the law of God, explaining--so as to give the meaning, and they give understanding to the convocation.

And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'

this first knowing, that no prophecy of the Writing doth come of private exposition, — read the full passage →

as also in another <FI>place<Fi> He saith, `Thou <FI>art<Fi> a priest--to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;' — read the full passage →

and if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth <FI>thee<Fi> to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God--a pillar and foundation of the truth,

who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;

so, then, brethren, stand ye fast, and hold the deliverances that ye were taught, whether through word, whether through our letter;

therefore do we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.

`And not in regard to these alone do I ask, but also in regard to those who shall be believing, through their word, in me; — read the full passage →

After these things Jesus went away beyond the sea of Galilee (of Tiberias), — read the full passage →

And having come near, Jesus spake to them, saying, `Given to me was all authority in heaven and on earth; — read the full passage →

I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, `My Son Thou <FI>art<Fi> , I to-day have brought thee forth.

And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.'

And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand, — read the full passage →

And bow before it shall all who are dwelling upon the land, whose names have not been written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world;

And to the messenger of the assembly in Sardis write: These things saith he who is having the Seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I have known thy works, and that thou hast the name that thou dost live, and thou art dead; — read the full passage →

Beloved, all diligence using to write to you concerning the common salvation, I had necessity to write to you, exhorting to agonize for the faith once delivered to the saints,

That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we did behold, and our hands did handle, concerning the Word of the Life-- — read the full passage →

This, now, beloved, a second letter to you I write, in both which I stir up your pure mind in reminding <FI>you<Fi> , — read the full passage →

this first knowing, that no prophecy of the Writing doth come of private exposition,

who sometime disbelieved, when once the long-suffering of God did wait, in days of Noah--an ark being preparing--in which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water; — read the full passage →

to whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they were ministering these, which now were told to you (through those who did proclaim good news to you,) in the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, to which things messengers do desire to bend looking.

Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only;

and to a mediator of a new covenant--Jesus, and to blood of sprinkling, speaking better things than that of Abel!

by faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it, he being dead, doth yet speak.

It had, indeed, then (even the first tabernacle) ordinances of service, also a worldly sanctuary, — read the full passage →

and those indeed are many who have become priests, because by death they are hindered from remaining; — read the full passage →

that through two immutable things, in which <FI>it is<Fi> impossible for God to lie, a strong comfort we may have who did flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before <FI>us<Fi> , — read the full passage →

that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patient endurance are inheriting the promises.

Wherefore, (as the Holy Spirit saith, `To-day, if His voice ye may hear-- — read the full passage →

and, `Thou, at the beginning, Lord, the earth didst found, and a work of thy hands are the heavens; — read the full passage →

and unto the Son: `Thy throne, O God, <FI>is<Fi> to the age of the age; a sceptre of righteousness <FI>is<Fi> the sceptre of thy reign;

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

For yourselves have known, brethren, our entrance in unto you, that it did not become vain, — read the full passage →

and I ask also thee, genuine yoke-fellow, be assisting those women who in the good news did strive along with me, with Clement also, and the others, my fellow-workers, whose names <FI>are<Fi> in the book of life.

yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom of the all things I suffered loss, and do count them to be refuse, that Christ I may gain, and be found in him,

If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

unto the perfecting of the saints, for a work of ministration, for a building up of the body of the Christ, — read the full passage →

and He gave some <FI>as<Fi> apostles, and some <FI>as<Fi> prophets, and some <FI>as<Fi> proclaimers of good news, and some <FI>as<Fi> shepherds and teachers, — read the full passage →

one body and one Spirit, according as also ye were called in one hope of your calling; — read the full passage →

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, — read the full passage →

that the nations be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,

in regard to which ye are able, reading <FI>it<Fi> , to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ,

and all things He did put under his feet, and did give him--head over all things to the assembly, — read the full passage →

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

for as many as to Christ were baptized did put on Christ; — read the full passage →

we by nature Jews, and not sinners of the nations, — read the full passage →

but their minds were hardened, for unto this day the same vail at the reading of the Old Covenant doth remain unwithdrawn--which in Christ is being made useless--

whether, then, I or they, so we preach, and so ye did believe.

for I delivered to you first, what also I did receive, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Writings, — read the full passage →

And some, indeed, did God set in the assembly, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, afterwards powers, afterwards gifts of healings, helpings, governings, divers kinds of tongues; — read the full passage →

for also the body is not one member, but many; — read the full passage →

For I--I received from the Lord that which also I did deliver to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was delivered up, took bread, — read the full passage →

And all these things as types did happen to those persons, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the end of the ages did come,

and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know <FI>them<Fi> , because spiritually they are discerned;

And having gifts, different according to the grace that was given to us; whether prophecy--`According to the proportion of faith!' — read the full passage →

for as in one body we have many members, and all the members have not the same office, — read the full passage →

As regards, indeed, the good tidings, <FI>they are<Fi> enemies on your account; and as regards the choice--beloved on account of the fathers; — read the full passage →

for sin over you shall not have lordship, for ye are not under law, but under grace.

because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin; — read the full passage →

Because of this <FI>it is<Fi> of faith, that <FI>it may be<Fi> according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which <FI>is<Fi> of the law only, but also to that which <FI>is<Fi> of the faith of Abraham, — read the full passage →

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--

wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin. — read the full passage →

concerning His Son, (who is come of the seed of David according to the flesh, — read the full passage →

concerning His Son, (who is come of the seed of David according to the flesh,

which He announced before through His prophets in holy writings--

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God-- — read the full passage →

And on the first of the week, the disciples having been gathered together to break bread, Paul was discoursing to them, about to depart on the morrow, he was also continuing the discourse till midnight,

And after the ceasing of the tumult, Paul having called near the disciples, and having embraced <FI>them<Fi> , went forth to go on to Macedonia; — read the full passage →

He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth--having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings--

And having passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews, — read the full passage →

And certain having come down from Judea, were teaching the brethren--`If ye be not circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye are not able to be saved;' — read the full passage →

and Philip having run near, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, `Dost thou then know what thou dost read?' — read the full passage →

and Moses was taught in all wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in words and in works.

and of the multitude of those who did believe the heart and the soul was one, and not one was saying that anything of the things he had was his own, but all things were to them in common.

and all those believing were at the same place, and had all things common,

assuredly, therefore, let all the house of Israel know, that both Lord and Christ did God make him--this Jesus whom ye did crucify.'

The former account, indeed, I made concerning all things, O Theophilus, that Jesus began both to do and to teach, — read the full passage →

And Thomas answered and said to him, `My Lord and my God;'

Jesus saith to her, `Be not touching me, for I have not yet ascended unto my Father; and be going on to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father, and to my God, and to your God.'

And on the first of the sabbaths, Mary the Magdalene doth come early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb, and she seeth the stone having been taken away out of the tomb,

And on the first of the sabbaths, Mary the Magdalene doth come early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb, and she seeth the stone having been taken away out of the tomb, — read the full passage →

`And I, the glory that thou hast given to me, have given to them, that they may be one as we are one;

sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth;

and no more am I in the world, and these are in the world, and I come unto Thee. Holy Father, keep them in Thy name, whom Thou hast given to me, that they may be one as we;

and now it hath come, that ye may be scattered, each to his own things, and me ye may leave alone, and I am not alone, because the Father is with me;

`I have yet many things to say to you, but ye are not able to bear <FI>them<Fi> now; — read the full passage →

`But I tell you the truth; it is better for you that I go away, for if I may not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you, and if I go on, I will send Him unto you;

`And when the Comforter may come, whom I will send to you from the Father--the Spirit of truth, who from the Father doth come forth, he will testify of me;